A/N: So another update is here, you guys! Ugh, I love this story so much. So, Kendall has finally done it. And now, the next chapter! Enjoy!
"No, okay just keep driving down the road. Yes, I know its dark out. Yes, I know this is very sketchy but I can explain." Kendall said into his phone. Carlos, on the other hand, was in shock by everything around him. He had only seen stuff like this on his Tv. He looked up to see white dots in the sky.
"Kendall." Carlos said, getting the blonde's attention.
"Yeah?"
"Are those stars?"
"Yes, they are and that's the moon." Kendall said, pointing. Carlos gasped even louder at that before he heard Kendall talking louder into his phone.
For a moment, Carlos wondered who Kendall was talking to but he figured that he would find out in a moment since the person was supposed to be picking them up. Carlos looked down at Kendall's shoes on his feet and took note of their size difference. It made him feel a little weird since he's never worn shoes before. The feeling of his feet being confined was weird but he knew there had to be a reason for Kendall giving them to him. Carlos turned around and looked at the trees that stood there. He'd never touched a tree before. When he took a step to it, he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"That's a bad idea." Kendall told him before he went back to talking on the phone. When James pulled up to them, Kendall smiled at his best friend before he opened the back door.
"Uh, Kendall, who is this?"
"This is Carlos." Kendall said as he put on Carlos' seatbelt. James gave his best friend a look as he closed the door for Carlos and sat himself in the front.
"Hello." Carlos said with a wave. James waved before looking at the blonde.
"I'll explain when we get to your house."
"My house?"
"I told my mom that I'm staying over your house tonight." Kendall said, smiling at the look on his best friend's face.
"Oh, wouldn't want to make you a liar now would we?" James asked sarcastically as he drove to his house.
As James drove, he kept looking back at the boy in the back, who practically had his face glued to the window. Kendall could see his best friend eyeing Carlos and he decided to wait until James asked questions to say anything. Carlos was mesmerized by the things he was seeing outside. He wished things were brighter but he knew that it was night time.
When they drove through James' neighborhood, Kendall turned to look at Carlos to make sure he was okay before James pulled up to his house and turned into the driveway. When he turned off the car, he sat there and turned to Kendall but the blonde just got out of the car. James watched as Kendall opened Carlos' door, helping him out of the car by telling him how the seat belt worked. James got out of the car and watched his best friend as he interacted with this boy.
"This is James' house." Kendall said to Carlos as the boy got out of the car.
"It's huge." Carlos said as he stared at the house. They all walked towards the front of the house and when James unlocked the door, both he and Kendall turned to see Carlos touching the grass.
"Carlos, come on inside." Kendall said, reaching out for the boy. Carlos took his hand and James took note of it before he stepped inside. When Carlos stepped into the house, he was gasping again while James was noticing that Carlos had Kendall's shoes.
"I'll go get the blankets and stuff, Kendall, can you help me?"
"Yeah, Carlos, wait right here, okay." Kendall said and Carlos nodded. Kendall knew that James was going to ask him about Carlos and the second they got to James' room, the boy just stared at Kendall.
"What?" Kendall said when James didn't say anything.
"Kendall…I don't even know where to begin." James said and Kendall laughed a little at that.
"This…Kendall, this isn't funny. What the hell is going on?"
"Well, it's a little complicated."
"Well, simplify it for me."
"Uh, well, Carlos is…a cowork-"
"Kendall, stop. I know when you're either lying or thinking of a fake ass answer."
"Well, James, I don't know how to tell you without you judging him or freaking out."
"…Okay, then, explain your relationship with him."
"Relationship?"
"I mean, you're holding his hand, helping him with his seatbelt in and out of the car, for Christ's sake he's wearing your shoes."
"I know it looks…off but trust me it's not what you think." Kendall said, reaching to grab a blanket.
"Yeah, okay. I'm just saying"
"Yeah, I know what you're getting at."
"Geez, calm down. I didn't mean to get you upset or anything." James said, holding up his hands and Kendall sighed, running a hand over his face.
"I'm sorry, it's just Jett did that earlier and…oh crap."
"What?"
"I hung up on him."
"And you're just realizing it now?"
"Fuck. He's going to be pissed." Kendall said, sitting the blanket he had onto James' bed and reaching into his pocket for his phone. When the call quickly went to voicemail, he sighed and put his phone back into his pocket.
"He's mad isn't he?"
"Yeah, I'll talk to him tomorrow." Kendall said before he grabbed the blanket again. James handed him another blanket before grabbing one for himself. When they got to the front door Carlos wasn't there. Kendall was about to panic but James pointed to the fish tank that was in the living room.
"Carlos." Kendall said, getting the boy's attention.
"You were supposed to stay by the door."
"I'm sorry but there are so many exciting things and look, these are fish. I've read so much about them."
"Yeah James got some of them from this exotic store." Kendall said, looking at James who just looked at Carlos oddly.
"Exotic store?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah, there was this place in Brazil that sold me some of the fish."
"Brazil? That's in South America, correct?"
"Yeah…" James said, looking over at Kendall, who was just smiling. "Alright. That's enough about fish, let's get down stairs before my mom wakes up and curses us out for making noise."
When the boys made it to the basement, Carlos was, once again, looking around at everything. He gasped when he saw the familiar DVDs in a glass case in the corner. "Are all of these movies?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah." James told him and Carlos turned to look at Kendall as the blonde took off his book bag.
"Kendall, we never got to watch-"
"Age of Ultron, I know." Kendall said, laying out his blanket. James looked at the two of them before he went into the linen closet next to bathroom door and grabbed three pillows and three pillow cases. He tossed a pillow and pillow case to Kendall and the blonde caught it with ease. When James threw the pillow and pillow case to Carlos, however, the boy had no idea it was coming and the objects hit him.
"James." Kendall scolded and James was just as shocked as Kendall was that Carlos didn't catch the objects. Kendall rushed over to where Carlos was and the boy was rubbing his eye.
"Wait, stop, you're going to make it worse."
"It's something in my eye."
"I know, hold on." Kendall said, moving Carlos' hand. He took the piece of lint that was in the corner of Carlos' eye. Carlos opened his eyes and smiled at Kendall.
"Thank you."
"No problem, and don't mind James, he didn't mean to hit you."
"It's okay. I guess I was supposed to catch them."
"Yeah." Kendall said, laughing a little before he moved to pick up the objects. He put Carlos' pillow in its case before handing it to him. When he turned around, James was shaking his head while he was laying out his blanket. Kendall laid Carlos' blanket out next to his, placing Carlos in the middle.
"Carlos, take off your shoes, please." Kendall told him and he nodded before sitting down on the ground. James turned to look at Kendall and the blonde made a point of not looking at his best friend. Once Carlos had the shoes off, he stood up and giggled at the feeling of the carpet on his toes.
"This feels different." Carlos said and Kendall shook his head at that. He didn't know how much Carlos was missing out while being in the facility all of his life. Carlos reached down and felt the carpet between his fingers before he heard someone clear their throat. Kendall chuckled a little at James reaction before he gestured for Carlos to come over and lay down on the blanket.
"That's a big Tv." Carlos noted once he noticed it.
"…Thanks." James said before he turned it on. Carlos was mesmerized by the multitude of channels and Kendall couldn't help but sit back and watch the excitement spread on Carlos' face. James flicked through the channels and ended up settling on Ridiculousness before laying down.
Kendall laid down while Carlos just sat up and watched the videos that appeared on the show. Most of them either made him gasp or laugh. Kendall faced the Tv and away from James, knowing that he was going to try and ask him questions about Carlos.
As Kendall felt himself grow more and more tired, he thought about where Kelly was at this point and if she was safe. Carlos had no idea as to what was going on, or at least he didn't seem to know. Then again, Carlos has also been overwhelmed with everything that he's seeing for the first time in real life.
Yesterday, everything he knew about the outside world was just things he's read in a book or watched on his Tv. The last thing that hit Kendall was how Carlos would react when he finds out that Dr. Wainwright is dead before he fell asleep.
Kendall woke up to Carlos mumbling something in his sleep and he immediately sat up. Once he was coherent enough, he moved next to Carlos and shook him slightly. Carlos sat up with a gasp and Kendall wrapped his arms around him, shushing him as Carlos clung to him.
"It's okay." Kendall whispered to Carlos as he rubbed the boy's back.
"Kendall."
"Yeah, I'm here. Don't worry, go on back to sleep."
"T-There was so much water a-and-"
"It's okay. You're safe and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you." Kendall told him as he laid back down. Carlos laid close to Kendall and the blonde wrapped his arm around the boy he promised to protect before he went back to sleep.
When Kendall felt a nudge against his foot, he opened his eyes and looked at the person. It was James with a stern look on his face before he raised an eyebrow at his best friend. "I suggest you get up before your boyfriend comes over here and sees you in that position."
"What-" Kendall closed his eyes when he realized that he had Carlos cuddled into his side. "It's not what it looks like."
"Kendall…you need to explain everything to me and don't bullshit me."
"Okay, just not here." Kendall said before he untangled himself from Carlos. He made sure Carlos was laid down comfortably before he grabbed the book bag Kelly gave him and lead James upstairs.
"Wait, is Jett coming over?"
"Not this moment but you know him."
"Yeah." Kendall said as he opened the basement door. The two of them walked into the kitchen and sat down at the stools that lined one side of the island counter.
"Okay, talk."
"Well, you can't tell anyone about this."
"Okay."
"James, I'm serious, this is like government secret information I'm about to tell you."
"Kendall, you're making me nervous."
"Good. Where's your mom?"
"She's not here. She left earlier."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Just tell me already."
"Okay, you remember when we went to the science facility."
"Oh god, yes." James said dramatically.
"Well, you remember when I disappeared and the woman brought me back."
"Yeah."
"I found something that day. Well, I found Carlos."
"Kendall that…what?"
"I went to this restricted place because I followed this women named Kelly. That day I followed her is when I found out that they were keeping Carlos in the basement of the facility." Kendall told him and James' eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Why would they have him in the basement of the facility?"
"He's been there since he arrived here."
"A-Arrived here?"
"You remember why Logan was so excited to go to the facility?"
"Yeah, he said it was a restricted…" James slowly stopped speaking as his eyes widened and his jaw extended open. Kendall nodded and he watched at it seemed like his best friend was putting the pieces together.
"Is this the job you had?"
"Yup." Kendall said before he yawned, stretching. He was a bit more relaxed now that he'd finally told someone.
"Kendall, are you fucking with me?" James asked after he sat there a while. Kendall sighed and reached down for the bag he brought up with him. He opened it and smiled when he saw that Kelly had put a few of Carlos' things inside. He reached in and brought out a picture, looking at it briefly before handing it to James.
"No fucking way." James said, taking the picture and looking at it far too closely. Kendall chuckled before he took out his DVDs.
"Are those like movies of his people?" James asked, looking at Kendall, who in return gave his friend an odd look before turning the DVDs to show the title of the movies on the spine of the cases.
"Oh, I thought the bag was filled with his stuff."
"It is but I had brought him these from my house to show him since he liked comic books."
"Wait, that's my Ironman 3."
"That's not important. These are what's important." Kendall said, taking the files out and sitting them on the counter.
"A bunch of manila folders?" James asked.
"I'm pretty sure it's what's on the inside of them that matters." Kendall said before his phone started ringing in his pocket. He pulled it out and pressed the ignore button on the low battery reminder before answering the call, seeing that it was from Jett.
"Hey babe."
"Don't 'hey babe' me. You have some fucking nerve."
"I know everything sounds bad but all I need is for you to come over to James' house when you get a chance."
"Fine." Jett said before he hung up. Kendall wanted to tell him that he loved him but the call was ended.
"He's mad huh?"
"Super pissed." Kendall said, wincing before he heard his name being called.
"We're upstairs." Kendall yelled and a few moments later, Carlos was upstairs, looking around for the blonde. When Carlos walked into the kitchen, he wiped his tears and sniffled. Kendall looked up and immediately felt bad for leaving Carlos downstairs by himself. Carlos walked over to where Kendall was and the blonde outstretched his arms, enveloping Carlos into a tight hug. Carlos felt himself relax now that Kendall was comforting him from his bad nightmare.
"I-I got scared, yo-you weren't there."
"I'm sorry. I was up here with James."
"Oh."
"Here, sit down." Kendall said, moving the stool next to him out. Carlos sat down on it and Kendall turned to see James was looking at one of the files.
"Have you read some of these?"
"No, I didn't get a chance to." Kendall said, looking over and reading what was on the file. There was a picture of an egg-looking thing. The file said that he arrived in it and it only opened when it was near Dr. Wainwright.
"This is beyond weird." James said and Carlos stood up. When Kendall turned to the boy, he saw that he was looking towards the back of the house.
"Carlos, wha-"
"Can I go outside?" Carlos asked Kendall.
"Yeah." Kendall said, getting up. He walked over to the back door and unlocked it before sliding the door open. When Carlos walked outside, he was in awe at how beautiful everything was.
"Everything's so…so green." Carlos said, smiling.
"Yeah, James' mom prides herself on her lawn maintenance. Oh, don't look at the sun, it'll hurt your eyes." Kendall said, covering Carlos eyes when the boy looked.
"Are those flowers?" Carlos asked and Kendall nodded before looking back to see James still looking at the files. When he took out his phone, Kendall ran back in the house.
"James, what are you doing?"
"We have to tell-"
"No, we can't tell anyone about this."
"But we have to tell Logan."
"No, James. It's too risky."
"Logan isn't going to tell anyone."
"I know but if we tell too many people if it does get out, we won't know who said it."
"Kendall, how long have you known Logan?" James asked him and Kendall sighed, knowing that he wasn't going to win this argument.
"Fine, call him." Kendall said before he looked up to see Carlos walking down the steps of the porch.
Logan walked up to his boyfriend's house with a smile and knocked on the door. When the door opened, he smiled even harder upon seeing his boyfriend.
"Hey, James." Logan said, stepping in and kissing his boyfriend. When James closed the door, Logan walked into the kitchen. "My mother said that you're going to have to drop me off because she'll be busy later on."
"Logan, there's an alien in my backyard." James said, coming up to his boyfriend, currently reaching in to the fridge.
"What?" Logan said, pulling out a water bottle.
"There's an alien in my backyard."
"James, are you okay?" Logan said, reaching forward and holding a hand to his boyfriend's head.
"I'm fine." James said, grabbing Logan's hand. He led his boyfriend to the back door and gesturing for his boyfriend to look.
"James." Logan said, turning to him. "Are you racist?"
"What?" James asked in slight shock before he turned to look at Carlos. The boy did have the appearance of what racist people would call an alien but he wasn't racist. He sighed and opened the door.
"Kendall, Logan's here." He yelled, getting the blonde's attention. Kendall stood up from where he was watching ants work with Carlos. He waved to the boy before he turned to Carlos.
"I'll be right back." He told the boy and Carlos nodded.
"Logan doesn't believe me." James said as soon as Kendall got close enough.
"You told him already?" Kendall asked, stepping into the house.
"Are you two okay? Is this why you called me?"
"Logan, I'm not racist, I swear."
"What?" Kendall asked, completely blindsided by James' words.
"Logan thinks I'm racist because I called Carlos an alien." James told him and Kendall shook his head.
"Logan, James is right. Carlos is an actual alien as in from another planet."
"Then why wasn't this on the news? You two honestly want me to believe that the boy outside looking at grass is an alien."
"Yes." Both boys said at the same time. Logan was about to walk away but James handed him a folder.
"What is this?"
"Kendall brought these with him." James said, smiling. Kendall watched Logan's face as he read about what Carlos arrived in. Logan's mouth slowly opened the more he read as his eyes grew wider before he slowly turned to look at Kendall.
"Kendall…"
"Logan…"
"Kendall, there's no way."
"You can read more." Kendall said, gesturing to the stack of folders. Logan gasped and ran over to the counter.
"Oh, my nerdy little boyfriend." James said, making Logan blush while Kendall went to go check on Carlos.
A/N: Ah! Kendall told James and Logan about Carlos! I know this chapter ends weird but if I included it with the next chapter, it would be huge but don't worry, I'll be updating really soon. I promise. Oh and for everyone who wants to know about when the other stories will be updated, stay tuned because an update for them is on its way. :D